The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-08-17
Farm and Garden Notes.

At least one poultry ration day-in
the morning-should be soft food
ground grain mixed with water or milk.
The views of experts-scientists, ply
sicians, etc.-are decidedly against the
use of fermented slops as food for cows.
A farmer in Kentucky keeps the worms
off cabbage by sprinkling with two gal
Ions water mixed with one gallon butter
milk.
The droppings of sheep are an excel
lent fertilizer for apple trees, their use
greatly stimulating the production of
fruit.
Carrots are among the best vegetables
that can be raised for cow feed, increas-
Ing the milk flow and enriching its
quality.
Keep the hens that moult their feathers
early, as they will begin to lay before
winter 1t requires about three months
for hens to moult.
The market grower is liable to make a
great mistake who overlooks the neigh
boring home market, trusting to the
large towns only.
Plants may be grown in comparatively
small pots if watered occasionally with a
weak solution of guano, hens droppings,
or sulphate of ammonia.
Sulphur and tobacco leaves burned in
the poultry house, the house being closed
perfectly tight, will clean out the red
lice, saysa contemporary.
A fine cow, if treated with indifference
and neglect, will yield less profit than
common cow which is we'll fed and well
cared for in every respect.
Salt is certain death to slugs, which
are sometimes so troublesome on the open
grounds and in the greenhouse. A very
slight sprinkling if sufficient.
Fruit to bring good prices nowadays
must be fair and large, while small, in
ferior fruit of any kind is not worth the
trouble of sending to market.
A contemporary advises to give the
sheep all the clover hay they will eat
after lambing, with meal "a quarter Lin
seed), and benefit them greatly.
Ducks are not subject to many diseases
and usually thrive we'll if they can have
plenty to eat, and clean place to stay Ii
nights, with little water for bathing.
Somebody warns against expensive
poultry houses. They ought, however,
to be warm and sunny in winter, and
kept clean and we'll ventilated in sum-
mer.
Where young trees are not kept well
mulched, it will pay to keep the surface
of the soil stirred, making it fine and
mellow. This applies especially to the:
next two months.
One of the most potent factors in the
winter-killing of grain is too much hot
water on or in the surface of the soil.
This fact should be borne in mind the
coming autumn.
Some of the best fruit-growers always
carry pruning-knives when working
among trees and plants, to be prepared
for Topping off limbs or branches seen
growing wrong, or in the wrong place.
The three hundred pounds of butter
year cow is possibility, and every good
dairyman can and ought to realize the
fact. She can be kept with very little,
if any more, thar the one hundred pounds
COW.
A large amount of the fertility of the
farm goes out with milk. If the skim
milk can be broug ghtt back to the farmer
and fed to the hogs. then there IS Just 50
much to offset the loss by the sale Of
milk.
Mules are becoming more and more
popular for working teams in this coun.'
try. They do better than horses on hard
roads. are more sure-footed and have
better wind. Horses do better, however,
for plowing and cultivation.
1t is suggested that dragging harrows
over plowed ground is one of the hardest
tasks horses have to do in farm work
and ought to be made as-easy as possible:
Don't ride on the horse or on the harrow,
and rest in the heat of the day.
Cabbage plants grow best when: they
are frequently hoed. Too much manure
cannot be applied to cabbage, nor can
the ground be loosened around theplants
too much. Late crops may be put out
now, If shower occurs, but the ground
should be well prepared if a good crop
be expected. The cabbage grows on all
classes of soils if we'll cultivated.
However busy farmers and suburban
residents may be nowadays, they can
hardly afford to neglect the garden. 1t
pays to raise plenty of good vegetables
and small fruits, and people who regard
the health and comfort of their families
should not fail to cultivate choice varle-
ties for home consumption. Those who
use inferior garden products, oronly such
as they can neither sell nor give away
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